Article
Dental lesions in tumoral calcinosis.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 May 1991
Burkes E J, Lyles K W, Dolan E A, Giammara B, Hanker J
Abstract excerpt
Tumoral calcinosis (TC) is a rare inherited autosomal dominant metabolic disease manifested by elevated serum phosphorus and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D levels and periarticular cystic and solid tumorous calcifications. The dental findings in a large family have been critical in determining the genetic transmission of the condition. Radiographically the teeth have short bulbous roots, pulp stones and partial...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Calcinosis
- Child
- Dental Papilla
- Dentin
- Dihydroxycholecalciferols
- Family
- Female
- Humans